Lies, damn lies and YouTube I awoke in Tuesday morning last week to see a long rant about face masks on Twitter. Not someone not wanting to wear one, but someone complaining that his mother, a former nurse who had had to wear masks at work was telling him of the dangers of masks and …
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To be aware of others was fantastic Holy Trinity Church, Huddersfield, Friday 17th and Sunday 19th July 2020 On Friday My wife and I attended the wedding of a couple we knew until recently. When I say attended I mean we turned on this computer to watch the ceremony being streamed on Facebook live. I …
Psalm 126 — Joy
Joy is infectious When God's people are joyful it has a knock on effect. What is more when God has worked in us before it is good to remember that what he has done before he can do again. This gives us joy, even in the hard times. Psalm 126 A song of ascents. 1 When …
Where was God in this? – Esau and Jacob
Is God really into tricking people out of their rights? The story of Jacob and Esau is complicated. They are twins born to Isaac and Rebekah, Esau being the first born. When they are grown they could not be different in temperament, Esau being an outdoor type, a hunter, much to Isaac's pleasure: Jacob more …
‘They are making people worse’: The scandal of imprisoning patients with autism
This: From i newspaper 12th July 2020 on how auristc young adults are being mistreared in the UK. Ryan was 17 when he entered the mental health system - now 31, he is in solitary confinement in a forensic hospital, held along violent criminals Source: 'They are making people worse': The scandal of imprisoning patients …
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Rejoice
P. R. A. Y. – R = Rejoice and reflect Holy Trinity Church Huddersfield, Sunday, 12th July 2002 This was the week I found out how old my music recording equipment is, and how rusty my recording technique is. The last time I did this was using a desktop computer, which I haven't used for …
Disney Princess theology — Psalm 125
Life is a roller-coaster White Christianity suffers from a bad case of Disney Princess theology. As each individual reads Scripture they see themselves as the princess in every story. They are Esther, never Xerxes or Haman. They are Peter, but never Judas. They are the woman anointing Jesus, never the Pharisees. They are the Jews …
Worship and Being Autistic
I loved this.
It’s about Easter, but relevant to being autistic in church all year round,
Wow-Yesterday was Easter. Until this year, arguably one of the most heavily packed church seasons. A day that typically, any autistic would be super nervous about since 1) there is an overload of sensory stimulants from increased volume of people, food (honestly things that smell horrible) and energies; 2) it is hard to read people on what their doing because it is a holiday and neurotypical people like to communicate differently on these type of days and 3) did I mention the sensory stuff? Did I? OK-just checking.
As my previous blog discussed, my son colored in my Bible. And part of our discussion came up about what we worship. We determined that while the Bible is sacred and holy, we do not worship it, the paper that it is on or the people who wrote it. We are called to worship God. And it got me thinking– what would…
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I go face blind when stressed – #ActuallyAutistic
I am rude – or so they tell me Walking down the street I walk straight past people who I know and never speak. Sometimes they speak to me and I still walk on past. How rude. But I do not wish to be rude, I do want to acknowledge people, even if that is …
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Approaching God with the right attitude Holy Trinity Church, Huddersfield, Sunday 5th July 2020 During the week we learned that our Vicar would not be with us for the next few weeks, his Doctor and the Bishop have agreed that he should take some time off and we are not expecting him to be on …
